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Linux market-share on Steam dropped 0.08% in December 2016
17 Jan 2017 at 7:12 pm UTC

@Purple Library Guy: Yes I know you expect Linux users to be taking up gaming and Steam at roughly the same rate that Windows users do. I do get your point. I don't agree on your conclusions, but I do understand what you mean. The steam figures could be bogus, or they could be fairly accurate. We haven't got the data to make that call. All we can do is speculate.

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Mini Thief, an interesting 2D game about robbing increasingly difficult houses
17 Jan 2017 at 3:39 pm UTC

Quoting: meatball"Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine" looking better =)

Monaco is boring though.

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Exploring a floating island in 'Pocket Kingdom', a very well done throwback to Amiga games
17 Jan 2017 at 12:37 pm UTC

I do get a definite Amiga vibe from the screenshots and the music in the Steam trailer. Very promising reviews as well. Wishlisted.

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Linux market-share on Steam dropped 0.08% in December 2016
17 Jan 2017 at 7:54 am UTC

Quoting: Purple Library Guy...one would expect Steam's expansion into Windows PCs and Linux PCs to happen at the same rate, and so if the Windows Steam population doubled, so would the Linux population.

This expectation is what I think is unfounded. There's just no basis for it. It's entirely possible that the vastly larger Windows population is currently taking up Steam more rapidly than Linux users. Or maybe the disproportionate change only happened during the Winter Sale.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyHonestly, I'm tearing my hair out here; everyone's giving me explanations for why Linux might have small numbers at a snapshot in time, and telling me they're explanations for change over time. Those things are different!

Please don't tear out your hair. This isn't such an important issue that we need to get emotionally invested. We'll see in time anyway.

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Linux market-share on Steam dropped 0.08% in December 2016
16 Jan 2017 at 10:11 pm UTC

Quoting: Purple Library GuyOne might say we shouldn't be sure of such a surge, but there's no reason to have no expectations of one. But stipulating no such surge, why should we expect a decline?

What decline? We're going in circles, but I still don't see why you'd expect every metric to grow linearly and in proportion to each other. There's just no good reason for this expectation.

I am sure, or rather I know Linux gaming is growing. Steam user base is also growing, and fast. These two might grow at different rates and those rates are not likely to be constant. Even in relation to each other.

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Linux market-share on Steam dropped 0.08% in December 2016
16 Jan 2017 at 6:44 pm UTC

Quoting: Purple Library GuyTo sum up: If the overall percentage of Linux desktops is growing, and the viability of Linux for gaming is growing fast, then why would the percentage of Linux gamers be shrinking?

I don't see why we should expect a direct, immediate cause-and-effect relationship. The rapidly improving quality of the gaming experience might be laying a foundation for growth, but we probably shouldn't expect an immediate surge in uptake.

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Discord announce their Linux client is now officially supported and out of beta
16 Jan 2017 at 4:47 pm UTC

Anyone know about bandwidth requirements for a murmur server?

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Phoning Home, the story of two robots trying to survive will come to Linux
16 Jan 2017 at 4:45 pm UTC